Italian upper house election, 1949

The Italian upper house election, 1949 was held on 1 January 1949, when the people of Italy elected a new parliament. The Italian Democratic Socialist Party appeared in the Parliament for the first time, owing to a loss of seats by the Italian Liberal Party and the Christian Democrats.

Results

 * Christian Democracy of Italy.png Christian Democracy - 41 seats (1 seat)
 * PLI.png Italian Liberal Party - 29 seats (3 seats)
 * PSI.png Italian Socialist Party - 11 seats (1 seat)
 * Monarchist National Party.png Monarchist National Party - 6 seats (0 seats)
 * Italian Social Movement.png Italian Social Movement - 8 seats (1 seat)
 * PCI.png Italian Communist Party - 0 seats (0 seats)
 * PSDI.png Italian Democratic Socialist Party - 3 seats (3 seats)